Direction signal for motor vehicles



. "Dec. 1 1925. E. A. JENSEN nnmcuon SIGNAL. FOR 40w: VEHIQLES Fi l edbec. 10, 19 24 '2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR. ELIAS A QJENSEN ATTORNEYS.

5. A. JENSEN DIRECTION SIGNAL FOR MOTOR VEHICLES Filed Dec. 10, 1924 2Sheets-Shay 2 Ev fl mVENroR. fl/AS AJE/vsE/v Anon/Eva ELIAS A. J'EKEFSEN. 013

Application I'HHLLDCCEDUJCI 10, 1924.

of indications can be tentions of the driver, and in such manner os tobe visible from the front, rear and i either side of the ve igicie.

it is :iisoe purpose of my inventioi'i to pi cvicle I'J directioncomprising an ass ing of triangular form on each face of which are 2plnreli'ty ofiindicotingg; legends aiisptcol-to be selectiieiyilluminm'iecl by he operator of the vehicle, the casing being mounted tooccupy one posit-ion in Which (the legends are clearly visible fromeither side of the vehicle for the purpose of signaling h'aiiieapproaching: the vehicle from intersecting streets, and another?position in which the ieg'eniis are iii-early visibleffrom :Lhe from andrear of the veliii le foreignal iilg traffic approaching t-lievelmelefrom both .the froiit anti rear itliez'eo'f.

i will :iescrihc only one iorm signal embodying my iivoiiiti. than poiseout the novel Fezrturos the claim,

if) the (lixi l ke, Figure l i- 1 View showing: in top plan one Form ofdirection signal embodying y in vention in applied position with respectto a motor vehicle;

Figure 2 is 2L view shovv'ing in side elevw tion the signal shown inFigure 1 and in applied-i "position to file vehicle;

' Figures and 4 are horizontal sectional views taken on the lines 3-3and 4P "re speotively, of Figure 2;

Figure 5 is e "verzical sectional View taken on the line 55 of Figure 1;

Figure 6 is a plan View of s streettinto?- seofiioro, showing o veliicieequipped 'Wiil'i. signal shown in the preceding views and ill--clioeting the range of visibility of the signal.

Similar gefeijence oliemo'bersyz er to similei parts in of? the severalviews.

Rezoning speemeeily to ills drawings,

FilfiNEA BARBARA, CALIFGETLYPY WW o W DIRECTION SIGNAL FOR M03393,VEHICLES.

Serial life. "255,611.

my invenikm, in its presi-ompi'iscs :L casing ciesig oml includinghorizon .1 ym'lilrioos 1(3 of subsizmiiolly triangular fir": maintainedin spaced parcfill vertical gmriittions IT 18, which latter i'arliaie 5301:; e iiiili o which extends verticaily i3: .Weeo m u. meets thehorizontal ti'aieci to zidi'zuits 'e i. dows fii". 22, Q3

.\'li)l1 the several partitions pi'ovi partments in the casing". Tileii? and 18 and the window 21" eo-opeme in pro \ide n compariai'oezit 2?.Il eytitions i? we 2H and WiIKlOWS 22 gmd -o-opei'zise is vide acomportmeni lie pfilill tiO J and together with Windows compemfie :0provide compsrlni ifm'iitions 1841m Wi31 lUW 26 so Metal strips 3] Hi0glass \4 K 19 cooperate with e provicie o coiiopeiizment s) arepi'ovii'ieai panels 01 Windows ore-ope (ion. and these windows legeno'.\VUI(lOWS 22, 23 and 26 hearing the leg *Righi' and iilie windows 21, 24and legend Left Above owl below ilie parfiitions 15 am the casing isprovided \V'ii'li horizontal titions 32 and 53, respectively, coonecieom the horizontal portifiions i5 and by we" i'ivzl-i partitions and 3 "3)m ii'iniigg'iiliii" form and oi V oi" hon, as clearly shown in l voi'nlpzii'fritions mimosa .ieicc "omens $36 piuiziizcet 36" "iiiese ve ispaced. noar in 3): F11.

. i 1 n are QXEXHS panels He bearing is .1. I e m i no ee uppei pane son bee! i128 and the three lower panel's lies? Back. Ii; 18 to bepmiiculnrly note-A. u the windows Eli are presented to she iiil SKiQS OIT E; Faces :of the in iihe some manner as the Windows l' panels 21, sizeabove (lQSClllJGfii.

As eieiii'iy shown in Figure the essiiig'z as :2 unit is mounted fori'otziiliotiel mov meat. in a conduit 3?, the letter exten li11gupwardlyfrom the cowl of ihe vei'iicie, as clearly shown in Figure and supportci upright posiiZion by means of iii'sckefis secured to tlie'wimiisiiielei ii'eme no-l 2: vehicle by means of clamps ougli themedium of s handle 46 fixed the essmg the 1:11;? I eiiii be manually mim-e by legends.

the operator of the vehicle to occupy the pos tion or the position shownin dotted lines in the samefigure.

, For the purpose of selectively illuminating the legends on thewindmvml have provided lamps 41. in the several compartments to whichcurrent is supplied by means of conductors 12 extending from the lampsand into the conduit 37, it being; understood that visible on all sidesof the casing.

Further, when the lamp for the compartment 36 illmninatcd. the threelegends Stop will be illuminated, and When the lamp for the lowercompartment 36 is illu- .minated the legends Back Will he illuminoted.

From this operation, it will be clear that selective illumination of anygroup of legends can he effected and that When any one group isilluminated les st one legend will be visible from any side of thetriangular casing, thereby permitting the indication to be viewed fromany point forwardly of the vehicle and from the rear.

In practice, the single casing occupied. the solid. line position shownin Figural when the vehicle is traversing the streets of a'city shown insolid lines in. lligure 1 v mess-st or town where it is important thatthe signal be readily seen by the operators otvehicles a iroachin onintcrscctinstreets as Well as vehicles following the vehicleequippedwith the signal. 3y means of the handle 40, the signal can he swung tothe dotted line position. shown in Figure 1, wherein the faces of theignal occupy positions advant'ageous to th display of the legends frompoints both ioiwardly and rearwardly of the vehicle. The signal occupiesthis position when the vehicle is traversing highways, and it isimportant that the signal be clearly viewed from points ahead of and at,the rear of the vehicle.

Although I have herein shown and described only one form of directionsignals for motor vehicles embodying my invention, it is to heunderstood that various changes and modifications may he made'thereinWithout departing from the spirit of the invention and the spirit andscope of the appended claim.

I claim as my invention:

A direction signal for motor vehicles comprising a triangularcasingprovided on each face with a plurality of openings having transparentlegend bearing panels, the easing having partitions dividing theintermediate portion into a plurality of compartments, certain of thepanels being common to certain of the compartments and other partitionsabove and below the compartments providing a compartment above the firstcompartment and a compartment below the first compartment and. thecasing being positioned wi' h respect to the vehicle to tender thelegends visible at any angle.

ELIAS A. JENSEN.-

